Papaya

Hybrid

Ice × Shiva

No alternate names recorded

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  • Cannabinoids: Sourced
  • Effects: Sourced
  • Review date not recorded

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At a glance

Type
Hybrid
High
Head and Body
Genetics
Ice × Shiva
Flowering
45–54 d
THC Range
15% – 25%
CBD Range
1%
Dominant Terpenes
Limonene, Myrcene, Linalool
Sativa31%Indica

Effect Profile

Reported by the community and curated from multiple sources.

  • Reported
  • Reported Negatives

Frequency not recorded

  • Deeply Relaxing

    Reported

  • Euphoric

    Reported

  • Happy

    Reported

  • Sleepy

    Reported

  • Uplifted

    Reported

Reported negatives:
  • Dizzy
  • Dry Eyes
  • Dry Mouth
  • The Scaries

Plant Profile

Cannabinoid Profile (As Reported)

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  • THC15% – 25%
  • CBD1%
  • CBG0.08% – 2.06%
  • CBN0.1% – 0.23%
  • THCV0.38% – 1.56%

Ranges reflect legacy lab reports and aggregated user data, as recorded.

Dominant Terpenes (Top 5)

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  • LimoneneHigh
  • MyrceneHerbal, EarthyModerate
  • LinaloolFloral, LavenderLower
  • CaryophyllenePeppery, SpicyLower
  • BisabololLower

Flavor & Aroma

Flavor

Mango, Papaya, Tropical

Aroma

Fruity, Mango, Pepper, Sweet, Tropical

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User-Reported Medical Usage New

Community- and source-reported, not medical advice.

5 reported uses

  1. 1StressReported as a reason for use.—
  2. 2DepressionReported as a reason for use.—
  3. 3PainReported as a reason for use.—
  4. 4InsomniaReported as a reason for use.—
  5. 5AnxietyReported as a reason for use.—

Listed by how widely each use is reported across strains. The share of reporters is not recorded for these reports. Not a measure of whether it worked.

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Genetics & Origin

Ice’s parents

AfghanType not recordedSkunk 1Hybridparents recorded · 106 offspringNorthern LightType not recorded

Shiva’s parents not recorded

Ice

Hybrid

Parent Strain

Shiva

Type not recorded

Parent Strain

Papaya

Hybrid

Origin

Papaya's pedigree is told two ways: Jock Horror crossed with Skunk #1, or Citral #13 crossed with Ice #2, both from Nirvana. Either way it is a Skunk-heavy indica line, which is where the resin and the heavy body come from. It has eight descendants on file. The tropical flavor is the constant across every telling.

The Grow

  • Best Results

    Indoor and Outdoor

  • Preferred Climate

    Warm

  • Grow Difficulty

    1. Beginner
    2. Easy
    3. Average
    4. Difficult
    5. Expert

    Average

Outdoor

Harvest
October
Height
Average
Yield
Moderate
Flowering
45–54 d
Resistance
Standard

The difficulty to grow Papaya is known for being average. For growers cultivating indoors, expect average height with a 350-450g/m yield with in about 9–10 wk. Outdoors, harvest around October.

Cultivation Notes

Papaya yields around 350 to 450 grams a square meter under a sea-of-green setup and flowers in nine to ten weeks. It is a demanding grow, better suited to experienced hands. The buds finish very sticky. Figures are grower and breeder reported.

When To Try It

Best:

Night

Occasions:

  • at night

About

Papaya smells and tastes like the fruit and hits like a sedative.

It is a Nirvana strain with a genuine tropical papaya-and-mango flavor. Sources describe the effect as narcotic. THC readings are all over the place, from a low lab sample near 12 to source claims of 25. It numbs the body and makes you lazy.

Fruit up front, couch after.

What to Expect

Papaya is a heavy, numbing body stone with only a light mood lift on top. Leafly's reviewers lead with relaxed at 68 percent of a solid sample, with happiness at 55 and a euphoric, uplifted quality behind, sliding toward sleepy at 33. Sources call it lazy and tiring rather than energizing.

The reviewer negatives are light: dry mouth near 21 percent, dry eyes at 9 and a dizzy note around 6. Nothing about it is sharp. A moderate dose is plenty, and it is strictly for the evening.

Flavor and Aroma

Papaya smells sweet and tropical, genuinely of papaya and mango, with a peppery note underneath. The flavor keeps the tropical fruit and adds a spicy edge on the exhale. It is one of the more accurate fruit names in the catalog.

Terpenes Explained

Papaya's measured panel is led by Limonene, from about 0.7 to 0.85 percent, with Myrcene and Linalool behind and Caryophyllene lower.

Limonene usually reads as citrus, not tropical fruit, so the papaya and mango are coming from lighter aromatic compounds that a standard test does not capture. A jar that genuinely smells of ripe tropical fruit, not just sweetness, is the well-grown one.

Cannabinoids and Potency

Papaya THC is reported from about 20 to 25 percent by most sources, but the lab-measured sample in our data is only near 12, so real-world potency may sit lower. Either way the effect is heavy. CBD is a trace.

Papaya's sources claim the low-to-mid twenties, but the one clean lab sample is much lower, so let the jar's test set your dose.

Awards & Recognition

Each award is bound to the exact entry that won it. Nothing is inherited by the strain as a whole.

  • 2016 Hempcon Cup — entry recorded as “Papaya”

    Best Sativa · placed 1st · Entered by Jah-netics · Subject not resolved to a strain record. Not counted.

    Source: not recorded on this entry

0 verified recognitions. 1 unresolved entry shown but excluded from the count.

Competition history

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Experience Evidence & Sources

Where this record’s observations come from, and what each source covers.

  • Community strain database aggregation (Labster/Blaster/Grower/Writer)

    Aggregated from third-party community strain databases — 6 source records.

    Covers: Cannabinoids · Terpenes  |  Access date not recorded

  • Ascendancy Drupal preserved public extract

    Carried over from the preserved Ascendancy archive — 1 source record.

    Covers: Cannabinoids · Occasions · Aroma · Classification · Effects · Flavor · Negatives · Time of day · Growing traits  |  Access date not recorded

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Methodology and sources

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Recipes & Edibles

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